Zhang Yimou's "Above the Cliff" leads the May 1st slot, and Feng Xiaogang is revealed to be in debt of more than 200 million. What do you think of this?
Shuo once criticized Zhang Yimou in a speech: "He should have been destroyed a long time ago. He is just an interior decorator." At a party not long after, a news reporter secretly recorded Wang Shuo complaining, "Zhang Yimou is a challenge." "Shit" point of view, after the information was released, it caused a strong response in an instant. Even though it was a complaint at a personal party, Wang Shuo didn't hold back any words when he criticized Zhang Yimou, and everyone knew he looked down upon him.
Wang Shuo apologized to Zhang Yimou
After the audio incident was exposed, Wang Shuo apologized graciously, but it was not as good as not apologizing, because he explained: "My criticism of Zhang Yimou was The reason for the interior decoration is that he can always make the tattered items into magnificent frames. He was born in photography, and his sense of styling is particularly good, which is indeed unique. ”
As Wang Shuo's former "little brother", Feng Xiaogang, although his relationship with Wang Shuo deteriorated and reconciled many times later, did not affect them at all in "revenge" Zhang Yimou together. After all, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
In 2017, Feng Xiaogang's film "Youth" grossed 1.4 billion at the box office, setting a record for domestic literary films at that time. Proud of his life, he ridiculed Zhang Yimou: "I have never lost money in acting. The cost of "Youth" did not exceed 100 million yuan. Some people make a film with a cost of 1 billion yuan and have to sell it for 3 billion yuan." If you are profitable, isn't this making you feel uncomfortable?"
Feng Xiaogang's words are not wrong. At that time, he was indeed the most profitable film director in making commercial films. He won "A World Without Thieves". "For example, the cost of this drama was 54 million, but there were more than a dozen advertisements embedded in the main drama, and the cost of 40 million was recovered in one go, which greatly reduced the pressure on the box office.
Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou have taken turns
The "1 billion" Feng Xiaogang mentioned is the "Great Wall" that has been widely criticized by fans, inviting Matt Damon, Zhang Hanyu, There are powerful actors such as Andy Lau, as well as popular niche actors such as Wang Yuan, Liu Haoran, Yi Yang Qianxi, and Lin Gengxin; naturally the most important among them is the female lead Jing Tian. However, in the end, the box office in my country was only 1.1 billion, and it was basically ignored in other regions. Such results caused Zhang Yimou's reputation in the industry to plummet, and he was disgraced.
God is not as good as God. Zhang Yimou has produced excellent works such as "Shadow", "One Second" and "Above the Cliff", especially "Above the Cliff". The May Day holiday in 2021 has already achieved a box office of over 400 million.
On the other hand, Feng Xiaogang was involved in a "gambling scandal" and was revealed to have to pay up to 230 million yuan in compensation. On May 3, some media photographed Feng Xiaogang going out for a dinner and drinking with friends. During the dinner, he drank and drank. He was obviously in a good mood and did not seem to be affected by the debt at all.
As Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang are already in their 60s, they may have long ignored many things and will no longer be obsessed with box office or money, just to leave more works for the audience.
After all, the Chinese director who is currently the number one box office director is Chen Sicheng. It only took him seven years to become the "champion" and he only filmed 5 works. Perhaps Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang and others who have worked hard for the rest of their lives are also wondering: What happened in the past few years?